NEW DELHI, India, June 23 (TNSres) -- BloombergNEF, a part of Bloomberg, issued the following news release: * * * Renewables crucial for India to meet its longer-term climate goals * * * India will require $223 billion of investment in order to meet its goal of wind and solar capacity installations by 2030, according to a new report by research company BloombergNEF (BNEF). The goal is part of the five decarbonization targets that had been announced by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at C  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 (TNSpol) -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following news release on June 22, 2022: Environmental Defense Fund is urging EPA to update and strengthen the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule in order to protect people and communities in downwind states from smog-forming coal plant smokestack and industrial pollution that blows across their borders. EDF filed comments with EPA yesterday in support of a proposal that would reduce the nitrogen oxides pollution from power   more

MOBILE, Alabama, June 23 (TNSpol) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: Last week, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) granted a petition submitted by Sierra Club, GASP, and the Mobile Environmental Justice Action Coalition (MEJAC) that asked the agency to step in to enforce pollution controls at Plant Barry near Mobile, AL. Plant Barry is owned and operated by Alabama Power, a subsidiary of Southern Company. At issue is Plant Barry's Title V permit, which d  more

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, June 23 (TNSres) -- The International Institute for Sustainable Development issued the following news release on June 22, 2022: Energy support measures in Indonesia hit IDR 279 trillion in FY 2020, of which a staggering 88%--IDR 246 trillion--was allocated to fossil fuels, according to a new report from the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) released today. The government provided at least IDR 74 trillion to support the oil and gas industry, IDR 112  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, June 23 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: A portable and economic process for quickly extracting lithium from natural brines and produced water from oil and gas extraction has been developed by the U.S. Department of Energy's NETL and is attracting commercialization attention from private industry as the world transitions to electric vehicles and develops renewable energy generators that store surplus el  more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, June 23 (TNSres) -- The European Investment Bank issued the following news release on June 21, 2022: * * * * Substantial policy support during the pandemic helped to prevent large-scale bankruptcies in the Western Balkans, with only 3% of firms filing for insolvency or closing permanently. * Trade with developed economies, information and know-how increased through global value chains, and access to foreign technology helped boost innovation and competitiveness in the regio  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 23 (TNStalk) (TNScapv) -- The National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association issued the following statement and letter: * * * The National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA) President and CEO Michael Johnson issued the following statement after President Biden asked Congress to approve legislation to suspend collection of the federal gas tax for three months. NSSGA, as part of the Americans for Transportation Mobility (ATM) Coalition, sent a letter to President Bi  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 (TNSres) -- Physicians for Social Responsibility issued the following news release on May 22, 2022: Blending hydrogen into the existing gas system for use in home appliances could lock in methane gas use for decades to come while increasing health and safety risks, according to a report released today by Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR). The findings come as gas utilities across the nation push hydrogen blending as an alternative to electrification for decarbonizin  more

PARIS, France, June 23 (TNSres) -- The International Energy Agency issued the following news release on May 22, 2022: Global energy investment is set to increase by 8% in 2022 to reach USD 2.4 trillion, with the anticipated rise coming mainly in clean energy, according to a new report by the International Energy Agency. Although encouraging, the growth investment is still far from enough to tackle the multiple dimensions of today's energy crisis and pave the way towards a cleaner and more secur  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 22, 2022: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today spoke on the Senate floor about how the Biden administration's energy and environmental policy decisions have created the record-breaking gas prices Americans are struggling to deal with today. HIGHLIGHTS: RECORD GAS PRICES WHILE BATTLING INFLATION: "T  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on June 22, 2022: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today spoke on the Senate floor about how the Biden administration's energy and environmental policy decisions have created the record-breaking gas prices Americans are struggling to deal wit  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release on June 22, 2022: Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today issued the following statement after President Biden proposed suspending the federal gas tax for 3 months. "Energy prices are at historic levels, with the average price of gas reaching $5 per gallon across the nation this month. Prices have more than doubled over the first two years of the Biden ad  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee issued the following testimony by Buddy Hasten, president and CEO of the Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp., involving a hearing on June 17, 2022, entitled "2023 Farm Bill: Perspectives From the Natural State": * * * On behalf of the Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas, we are grateful for the opportunity to share our perspective and we thank the Committee for their keen interest in the issues facing rural communiti  more

DENVER, Colorado, June 23 (TNSpol) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: The Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) concluded its deliberations for Xcel Energy's electric resource plan, bringing Phase 1 of the planning process close to an end, with a written decision likely coming next month. Sierra Club and Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) signed on to the updated settlement that the PUC voted to approve with slight modifications. The updated settlement will acceler  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 (TNStalk) -- The Sunrise Movement issued the following statement: * * * Following the announcement that the Biden Administration's use of the Defense Production Act to boost renewable energy will be funded by Congress, Sunrise Movement Executive Director, Varshini Prakash, released the following statement. "At a time of intensifying climate disasters, an extremist Supreme Court about to severely limit the government's ability to stop the climate crisis, and Senator Joe Man  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release on June 22, 2022: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.6 million grant to the National Association of Counties (NACo) to lead a coal-focused Community of Practice called the Building Resilient Economies in Coal Communities Initiative. The establishment of this multi-organiz  more

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, June 23 (TNSres) -- The Union of Concerned Scientists issued the following news release: * * * New UCS Report Finds Ratepayers Paying Millions of Dollars in Unnecessary Costs * * * Gas plants in the Midwest operated at a loss for the equivalent of three months during 2019. This forced captive utility customers to pay an additional $117 million collectively in electricity costs, according to "The Shaky Economics of Gas-Fired Power," a report released today from the Union  more

NEW YORK, June 23 -- The United Nations issued the following remarks on June 21, 2022, by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres: * * * Following are UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' remarks to the Aswan Forum for Sustainable Peace and Development, in Aswan today. As you gather for this forum, the people of Africa are facing unprecedented and multidimensional crises: an economic crisis sparked by COVID-19 and deepened by the skyrocketing price of food, fuel and fertilizers resulting from Ru  more